One Night Stand : Shakespeare Series

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New for 2018, Sport For Jove is opening its Education Season productions for General Public audiences; 'One Night Stand'... one Saturday evening performance at both the Seymour Centre and Riverside Theatre in Parramatta, of some of Sport For Jove's most exciting and detailed productions of William Shakespeare's most iconic plays. Sport For Jove's education productions contain all the theatricality and originality audiences have come to expect with our reputation for re-imagining Shakespeare’s classics, entertaining audiences from students to teachers alike, and we're excited to give a better opportunity for more people to experience these wonderful plays for themselves.

Tickets for these incredible productions are just $26 each, with extra discounts if you purchase tickets to all three.... don't delay!

After a thrilling and captivating run in 2017, Sport For Jove’s exceptional 100 minute production of The Tempest returns to the stage. One of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, The Tempest is a symphonic vision of forgiveness, discovery and self-discovery – famous for its language, context, enchanting characters and breathtaking theatricality, a reflection of the world’s most famous playwright at the height of his powers and at the end of his remarkable career. This tempest is not only in Prospero – the storm lies in the contradictions and ambiguities the story throws up about freedom and slavery, civilisation and barbarism, legacy and letting go, lust and chastity, youth and age, revenge and forgiveness. The sea is a place of transformation but also represents the capriciousness of nature, chaos or fate. The sea is our greatest metaphor for discovery.

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Damien Ryan and Priscilla Jackman

Riverside Theatres Parramatta

May 19 – 7.30pm

York Theatre, Seymour Centre

May 26 – 7.30pm

Cast

Amy Usherwood,Sebastia

Claudia Ware, Miranda

Chris Tomkinson,Prospero

Drew Livingston, Antonio

Elijah Williams, Caliban/Ferdinand

Francesca Savige, Spirit / Mariner

James Lugton, Stephano / Master

Kirsty Marillier, Ariel

Megan Drury, Queen Alonsa

Michael Cullen, Gonzalo

Samantha Young, Boatswain / Spirit

Scott Sheridan, Trinculo

A brand new production from Damien Ryan in 2018, bringing the full force of his acclaimed theatricality and invention to a brand new vision of Shakespeare’s astonishing classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 100 minutes of pure theatrical magic.

In the heat of the shortest night of the year, young lovers and work-a-day dreamers plunge into a world between sleep and waking, where “everything seems double”. One of Shakespeare’s truly essential works, ‘Dream’, like every fairy-story, warns us that family, love and friendship are fragile – when parents are selfish, their children break the rules; when love rears its head, friendships are forgotten; and that’s just the mortal world.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Damien Ryan

York Theatre, Seymour Centre

June 9 – 7.30pm

Riverside Theatres Parramatta

June 16 – 7.30pm

Cast

Amy Usherwood, Titania/ Hippolyta

Claudia Ware, Lysander / Robin Starveling

Drew Livingston, Egeus / Peter Quince

Elijah Williams, Puck

Francesca Savige, Peaseblossom

James Lugton, Nick Bottom

Kirsty Marillier, Hermia / Mustardseed

Megan Drury, Tom Snout / Cobweb

Michael Cullen, Oberon / Theseus

Samantha Young, Helena / Snug

Scott Sheridan, Demetrius / Flute

Sport for Jove’s thrilling 100-minute Macbeth is back after playing to thousands in 2015 and 2016. Shakespeare’s most immersive and haunting play tells of the murderous ascent to greatness of a husband and wife who believe they can control time and destiny. Sport for Jove’s critically acclaimed Macbeth is an ecstatic vision of what love and ambition can do to people, a must-see.

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About Sport for Jove

Sport for Jove Theatre, Resident Theatre Company of the Seymour Centre, is an award winning NSW-based repertory theatre company producing a major touring summer festival of outdoor Shakespeare in Australia, along with theatrical and education-based seasons of classical and new works in Sydney theatre venues. The company also provides an interactive Education program to NSW schools.

Sport for Jove theatre is an unfunded independent company. We love telling stories. If you love our stories and want to help see more of them come to life on stage, please consider donating. "A thousand thanks" – Shakespeare.